And unlike the slacker surfer dude who delighted right-wing bloggers for buying lobster and sushi with food stamps, as reported by National Public Radio, most food stamp recipients are working poor. They earn 130 percent or less of the poverty level, for a family of three, $25,392 in annual income.

More than half are children; one-fifth are elderly.

In Kentucky, the average monthly SNAP benefit per person is $127.48 per month, a benefit so low many people who rely on SNAP must resort to food pantries run by local charities to stave off hunger.

Yet many members of Congress seem clueless.

Maybe they should spend some time shopping for groceries or eating at the kitchen table with the many low-income people they represent.